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A rare photograph showing Snohomish from the stern. (U.S. Coast Guard)

April 7, 2023

The Long Blue Line: A most unusual cutter—Revenue Cutter Service and Coast Guard Cutter Snohomish

One cutter, two services.

Military Parents Rock logo supports 2023 Child Abuse Prevent Month Campaign.

April 6, 2023

Positive Parenting: Resources for creating a rock-solid family  

Child Abuse Prevention Month focuses on connecting parents with community and peer support  

Cutline: Petty Officer First Class Miriam Lutz pipes yummy goodness into molds, March 6, 2023, while dominating in the Armed Forces Pastry Chef of the Year competition at the Joint Culinary Training Exercise Fort Lee. Lutz took home the title and a spot to compete for the title of American Culinary Federation Pastry Chef of the Year at the National Competiton in New Orleans. (Photo taken by: Master Chief Petty Officer Matthew Simolon)

April 5, 2023

Coast Guard Culinary Team 3-peats in the Joint Culinary Training Exercise 

Your Culinary Team once again took home top honors in the annual military cooking showdown.   

Alcohol Awareness logo

April 4, 2023

Take a guess – what compound kills more people every year than opioids? 

Poisonings, suicides, and cancer are just a few ways it can cut life short. 

CG-092 logo

April 3, 2023

Check out the Coast Guard’s top photos, videos, and articles of 2022

Who tells the best Coast Guard story?

Posed image of Myrtle Hazard smiling for the camera in 1918 newspaper photo. (Washington Post)

March 31, 2023

The Long Blue Line: Myrtle Hazard—first woman in the United States Coast Guard

Determination led Myrtle Hazard to become an integral part of Coast Guard war communications.

March 30, 2023

 Coast Guard announces appointment of Advisory Board on Women in the Coast Guard members 

The Coast Guard has recently appointed 15 members to the newly established Advisory Board on Women in the Coast Guard. Consistent with guidance directed by Public Law 116–283, also known as the William (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, the board will provide recommendations to the Commandant on matters

Vice Adm. Kevin Lunday, U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area commander, and Atlantic Area staff hold a commemorative flag with retired Army Maj. Gen. Peter Aylward, director of The United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration in Portsmouth, Virginia, Oct. 14, 2022. The VWC program awarded the flag in recognition of Coast Guard Atlantic Area becoming a commemorative partner of the organization. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kate Kilroy)

March 29, 2023

Coast Guard commemorates National Vietnam War Veterans Day

U.S. government marks 50th anniversary of the end of the war 

IDCO Homepage

March 27, 2023

Skip the lines – renew your dependent’s ID card online 

Coast Guard members and their families can take advantage of the new pilot program  

A Bloomingdale’s Department Store advertisement for pins. (The (N.Y.) Evening World, April 25, 1918)

March 24, 2023

The Long Blue Line: The Baker Twins—Re-searching the first female Coasties - or were they?

One historian’s investigation into the truth of the Baker Twins’ service.